Cleome viscosa

Cleome viscosa
Family:Cleome viscosa; Anthelmintic; Carminative; Diaphoretic; Rubefacient.
Common name:Tickweed
The leaves are diaphoretic rubefacient and vesicant. They are used as an external application to wounds and ulcers. The juice of the leaves has been used to relieve earache. The seeds are anthelmintic carminative rubefacient and vesicant. The seed contains 0.1% viscosic acid and 0.04% viscosin.

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